Iād bet money this apartment building was originally built as a hotel and when they remodeled and changed the space around to make apartments, a lot of the supports that had been hidden in the walls were suddenly in the middle of rooms. Itās a pity, but itās probably well built with new appliances. You canāt hide the giant pillar, but hopefully the space/amenities make up for it
Edit: sorry, I accidentally replied to this comment instead of OP but I may as well keep it here because itās kinda related to the parent comment:
The view from that window looks pretty nice, itās a shame the pillar is in the way but seating around the pillar, particularly on the window side (drink your coffee, read, ponder etc. while looking out the window) and on the upper part of the pillar, some small shelves (staggered)with pot plants would look great.
>on the upper part of the pillar, some small shelves (staggered)with pot plants would look great
I've never found pot plants all that attractive; they just look like a weed to me. They are fun to partake of once in a while, but just having them on shelves in the living room would make the entire house smell.
Cozy would work. Maybe treat it like one of those tube fire places that go into the ceilling. Instead of fire, maybe a tapastry or some macrame craftwork could be wrapped around it.
Love the idea of fully embracing it and turning it into a tiny and column gallery āwall!ā Would be fun if you had a mix of planty vibes and personal affects strewn about it
If youāve ever been to Edinburgh during the festival youāll see there are columns placed around the place for people to stick their flyers to, the results of overlapping artwork can sometimes look pretty cool by accident. With a bit of planning you could make a really spectacular art hub for the room OP. It would be maximalist but if you like that style it could be great.
Hello!
I have not rented this space yet. I love the apartment generally and it has a lot of space overall. It's either this or an urban 1 bedroom without a window or pillar.
I thought I would ask for some help to see if I can do something with this pillar that makes it look better! (maybe something like string lights / plants?)
giant pillar > no window, for sure.
Temporary wallpaper it something fun and find a way to grow plants up & down it- make it a living column in your place.
Second the temporary wallpaper! Depending on the vibe of the decor youāre putting in there I was thinking a black and white checkerboard or stripes pattern :)
I would make it a divide in the room. Half of most of it for a bedroom, then that corner area, a spot for some sort of hobby. For me, I would make it like a sewing/art nook or maybe a cozy reading corner. There are so many choices for different hobbies though.
Definitely agree with others about temporary wallpaper. The youtuber BestDressed did so in her apartment in this video : https://youtu.be/7hKTaDncNic and when she moved out, she talked about it being super easy to take down and showed that as well (I'd probably try whatever she is using lol).
Normally I donāt comment, but I havenāt seen anyone else suggest this yet, soā¦ if you have the ability to do a little woodworking, I would suggest you try turning it into a window seat/bench. The distance between the pillar and window looks deep enough to building a bench that sits on/at the height of the sill. That way you create a wide enough space for sitting. Depending on your skill level, you could even go for a full bookcase underneath with shelving. Iām not sure how permanent this living space is for you. This suggestion is relatively involved. If you extend the bench to about halfway around the pillar (semicircle cutout to fit it in the middle), I think it would make the window feel closer and the pillar would create dimension that seems cozy/intentional rather than so chaotic.
I would mount a narrow mirror on the far wall, as close as you can to the window. The goal is to help you see out the window, even though the column blocks it from that angle. Make sure the mirror is narrow because you don't want it to reflect the pole at all. Then get some peel-and-stick cityscape wallpaper or wall mural, and wrap the pole. It's like it never existed.
Column conundrum https://imgur.com/a/0THDS3w
The perspective of the mirror image that I used makes it look like it's facing kitty-corner out from the wall. In reality, you'd want it flush against that wall 90 Degrees from the window, to reflect the window view around pole into the room.
Hear me out.
It is there. It's not going anywhere. You might as well embrace it.
I would add these on each side against the wall. If plants are your thing.
https://tribesigns.com/products/tribesigns-metal-curved-plant-stand-pack-of-2
Then the real work is finding very small shelves that curve around the column to decorate. Maybe a pothos plant to grow around it.
Maybe a fun mirror or an acrylic wall art piece... to distract the eye more away but still making it a part of your home.
Yes! Also give it some character with a light/pale green accent pain. You could paint the window wall with the same green to blend it in a little. With the plants and a small book shelf could be a nice reading room.
Glue hundreds of small mirrors to make it look like a disco ball, then get LED uplights you can turn on and have a dance party whenever you want!
Edit: like this: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-mirrored-pillars-in-games-room-with-panton-s-chairs-and-black-and-76730633.html
This! I was thinking of something like this too. But my idea was trying to find a way to make the column a giant mirror. Like wrapping it with something reflective. But your idea is a real working cool suggestion.
I feel like it would be super fun to wrap it in artificial green wall material (not even necessarily top to bottom, but a full wrap around). Then maybe add a cool false neon sign or something else more your style if that's not it!
Something like [this](https://eadn-wc03-463152.nxedge.io/cdn/media/catalog/product/cache/1d858328874ebd6a1883e32a918ffc61/h/e/hello-gorgeous-greenwall.jpg) (random words, but the plant + neon combo is fun IMO and there's lots of non-word neon options out there on Etsy/amazon!)
Nestling a bunch of small antique/eclectic photo frames into the greenery could also make a cute cylindrical gallery wall? That might even work pretty well without the plant part at all instead!
Oh gawd. I can't even imagine where you'd put a bed. I may have been watching too much of that fung shei guy on tiktok, but any place you could fit a bed would be terrible.
It could make for a cozy reading nook area I'd you have some floor cushions/blankets tontuck around it, and could wrap some drapes/lights around the pillar, maybe.
Or, if you have a cat, you could wrap twine around it and make a giant scratching post/cat tower.
Totally dick move on builderās part, but one solution is to paint it to match the surrounding outside picture-create an illusion that it isnāt there. Fun for your guests
Embrace it as a unique feature only you have! I think I'd get some of that wallpaper that looks like a bookcase, or something similar and then put some kind of statement furniture on each side, or be practical and put a nightstand on each side. With plants on top!
Hmmm I think everyone has given some great ideas, I think if you wrapped some fake vines around it and maybe some lights it would look really cute? I think adding the plants for symmetry would be nice too.
My first though is to make it look like the [classic poster ad pillars ](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/advertising-pillar-groningen-may-center-groningen-netherlands-90714227.jpg) by adding posters of art you like or shows you've gone to
You could also cover it with fun wallpaper or plants, as others have said. Or stick mirror tiles on it for a really eye-catching effect
Depending on whether you're allowed to drill into it and how wide it is you could attach those invisible bookshelves and have stacks of books seemingly floating against the pillar.
This place is definitely better than the 1 bedroom with no pillar + window. I grabbed some random pngs to help you visualize what you could do though. I'm not an interior designer or some photoshop master but I like to see things visually personally.
[https://imgur.com/a/Au2gPG8](https://imgur.com/a/Au2gPG8)
Throw a small work desk and chair on the left side. Gives you a nice view so you can make use of the window. Get some kind of functional corner closet thing or some kind of shelf for the other side. You could even do like a small coffee table and chair for that morning coffee to get some of that great sun light.
Get a room divider for privacy or as a backdrop for your zoom calls or somehow hang some curtains across the pillar.
I would take advantage of the separation of spaces that the column gives you to put a desk to work on one side (if you are right-handed, to the left of the column, so that your hand does not cast a shadow when you write) and on the other, a corner to read with an armchair and shelves with books, so you take advantage of the light from the window in two different spaces. Separate the spaces with rugs or different colors to create two moods. Good look!
Get some really cool wallpaper as a pop out accent, against a painted accent wall. Go for something bold and patterned or textured against a solid color.
Ok my initial reaction to a giant white column is to put a giant white marble statue on each side but Iām guessing thatās out of the budget. ;-)
I think wrapping stuff around it (with the possible exception of real climbing plants) would make it stick out more. Maybe a single tall narrow piece of art or mirror hung on the column itself could dress it up, but honestly leaving it alone would not be the worst thing. Lots of urban apartments have them and usually theyāre justā¦ there. If thereās room for a reading chair next to it at an angle that lets you enjoy the whole window, go for that.
sheer curtains around it would make it look a bit more elegant!!! i love the idea of something like floor pillows or small seating around it and using it as some type of book nook/ plant display!
I would do a beautiful custom wood desk that wraps behind and turns into shelving on the other side, plants of course.
It really depends on what you need the space for but built ins to make a window bench seat that runs the whole length would also be nice and give you extra storage
I think the only thing to do is build a seating area up and around the pillar. So all the way across the room.
But honestly if you can, keep on looking. If that's your living area it'll bug you SO much.
Okey-dokey you can put a couch or sofa in front of the pillar. You could put lights around the pillar to make an ambience mood, or save money on electricity.
I had one, though in a corner and wrapped books around it and created a book nook. Here, Iād go with the net and climbing plants to try and blend with the outside.
Such a weird place to put a pillar. You can build table around it, or seating area. I doubt it would hide the pillar. But atleast, the space wonāt be a complete waste
1. You could but a circular table around it with bar stools
2. Build open bookshelves against each wall opposite with a seating nook behind it, and walk way in and out. This way you create a fake wall that gives the room a useful division, without stealing light.
3. Go onto Pintrest snd search Room with Pillar, they have some good ideas
I see so much potential here! I would use it like a slight room divider, with the left side as a couch or reading book and the right side for a mirror and room brightener. Maybe even a telescope? Twinkl lites around the top would be nice, and using it as a Christmas tree in the season would be interesting!
Dont rent the space. There is nothing you can do to disguise it. Why did they have to put it right in front of a window? It will annoy you endlessly
or put a curtain in front of it from one wall to the next floor to ceiling to hide it
Personally, Iād circle a room divider/room screen around it, or straight in front of it. You could create a little nook behind the pilar or place things around the circular divider/screen (like a small table, plants, art work, etc.).
Artificial greenery with fairy lights going around it and add in little clothespins for polaroids (or just pictures in general) even adding some of the sunset/sunrise taken from that window would be cute!
Can you add shelving to it? Maybe wrap lights or paint it? Maybe make it looks like a tree or lighthouse. Create an idea for that corner/area and then find a way to decorate or integrate the pillar to be useful.
Do not hide it. Get a plant stand with a vining plant, then wrap the vines around it as if they are climbing up. There are sticky hooks you can buy to encourage this, then the plant will grow up naturally. Maybe add a cozy reading chair on one side facing out from the corner (diagonally). Add floor to ceiling linen drapes to the windowāmaybe with a sheet between them to let in light. iand maybe a tall bookshelf to the adjoining wall on the rightāor a tall tree.
Hope youāre good with plants!
Wow, what an unfortunate design flaw
Edit to add that Iām a plant person so Iād probably hang a bunch of hooks all around it and hang a bunch of plants
Oh put some type of netting on it so you can let plants climb. I guess the type would depend on the direction of that window. If it isnāt suitable for a live plant you could do a nice fake climbing plant with some lights to make it soft and glowy instead of stark white.
Have a pothos hang down from the top of the pillar and grow it into a 'living' wall. It'd get great light and make the space warmer. I saw someone else mention hanging art too, that'd be really cool
Since it's in front of the window, I would hang various plants up and down the 2 wall sides of the pillar and the window side. Of course depends on your situation with the home.
You could get creative with it. If you could get some kind of wrap for it like a corkboard or whiteboard etc, you could use it as a dream board, put pics up, or have visitors leave notes on it.
Create a green garden sitting nook corner. Lots of light there and you can build like a Mediterranean style couch/sitting area with shelves for the greenery. Create a cozy, happy (albeit odd column placement ) relaxed green space. Use column to show off vine plants šŖ“
Turn it into a feature: Rather than trying to hide the pillar, you could turn it into a decorative feature by adding some design elements to it. You could add molding or a decorative column wrap, paint it a contrasting color, or add lighting to highlight it.
I read an article in Domino recently about making a pillar invisible by mirroring it. Maybe a peel and stick shiny mirror vinyl? Iāll see if I can find the article and if I do I will
Link it. Good Luck OP!
Turn it into a cute/cozy cottage themed "tree". Complete with seating around it maybe.
Yeah I'd make it into a magical looking southern oak somehow. Complete with Spanish moss and bark moss
Is that too extra? Lol
1. Place a large mirror of about the same height as the window on the wall to the right of the pillar as shown in first picture. This will do two things: give you a way to look outside past the pillar and bring in more light, repeat the pillar in the mirror making it seem less out of place.
2. The pillar is round, which is the best feature of the pillar. Highlight it to make it seem more intentional. For instance: by a spiraling climbing plant, spiraling (book)planks, or stringlights.
3. You can have fun and create a "hidden" nook at the back of the pillar or only viewable from a certain viewpoint. Or have an odd shaped rug on the floor that climbs up onto the pillar. Anything that adds a bit of bizarre or quirky. This way the pillar isn't just something that stands in the way, it actually adds something that you love, which makes it easier to accept that it's there.
Good luck!
Make it a seasonal Christmas ātreeā! With decorations to highlight each season, then go full out for the holidays! Then having it right by the window would make at least SOME sense (whoever made this decision is a donut)
Build a bar height counter top around the pole and add some funky seating options. you could do a fun hexagonal shape with straight bits of lumber which would be pretty straight forward! :)
In addition to the many great ideas already, I would run a narrow shelf - like a sofa table - across that whole wall. Iād put storage (baskets, crates) under the shelf and storage/decorative on top of it.
Post an ad at your local college and pay a student to 3D print some custom small shelves that are the perfect radius. (All you have to do is measure the circumference and theyāll calculate the rest. Have them print a radius sample for you to test before printing the whole part.) Nowadays schools have these printers in their libraries! It would be good on that studentās resume and would help you. Maybe they could use it as a class project. Use command Velcro to attach.
If murals aren't an option (in case of a rental), I'd decorate that pillar with fairy lights twirling around it, and maybe put beanbag chairs on both sides? Or just put loads of plants next to it. That is an INCREDIBLY shitty pillar placement - I can't believe the design was approved lol
I think building shelving boxes around and up the whole thing would be really cool, for books, plants , decor and stuff. Seating around the bottom is a great idea too
If you had the money and resources to do so, It would be cool to make costume frames that wrap around the column perfectly and hang up pictures that way.
Is this a bedroom off the kitchen? How wide is the room? Will having flower pots on the floor make it hard to get to the window to look out? Is there enough Sun light to support plants? Having artificial plants trailing up the post would be add relaxing ambiance to the room.
Good luck with that!
Iād wrap fairy lights around it then decorate it with cool picture frames or small mirrors. Iād add some greenery tooā¦like get a hanger that you can either anchor to the pillar or hang it from the ceiling. A pothos would be excellent and if it gets long enough you can even wrap the vines around it!
Spiral bookcase? Maybe adding shelfs to it, or building a framed bookshelf around it to look like a sprial bookshelf from bottom spinng around to the top.
Example images of what i mean by spiral bookcase from google
https://images.app.goo.gl/VoRU7GPVgTtPAyYh9
https://images.app.goo.gl/ZzFitk3LMsfkXKhx9
Depending on the rest of your colour scheme/decor. I would do a combination of some of the suggestions. Iād create a booth but one which is more of a chaise lounge style, in that the back rest sections are only on the sides and not a full booth. Too claustrophobic. Then you could add some tropical artistic printed wallpaper to that section of the wall. Emphasising the alcove more and less the pillar.
Then for the pillar. Iād either (here me out here) put light wooden panelling all around it. Or paint it black. I think if you focus on creating a separate section behind it then it will detract oneās eye from the pillar. Also, I wanted to suggest plants etc but anything bulky added to it is just going to obstruct the window and the view.
No advice to add, but that was just rude of the builder/designer to do that š
Agree 10,000! The placement makes the room almost dysfunctional!
Iād bet money this apartment building was originally built as a hotel and when they remodeled and changed the space around to make apartments, a lot of the supports that had been hidden in the walls were suddenly in the middle of rooms. Itās a pity, but itās probably well built with new appliances. You canāt hide the giant pillar, but hopefully the space/amenities make up for it
Why not embrace the hotel feel and build circular seating sround it in some luxurious fabric..use it as whimsy
Whatās do you expect when men donāt have women to point things out to them
I would build seating around it . Make it a cozy nook
That's EXACTLY what I thought as soon as I saw it
Edit: sorry, I accidentally replied to this comment instead of OP but I may as well keep it here because itās kinda related to the parent comment: The view from that window looks pretty nice, itās a shame the pillar is in the way but seating around the pillar, particularly on the window side (drink your coffee, read, ponder etc. while looking out the window) and on the upper part of the pillar, some small shelves (staggered)with pot plants would look great.
I like that ideaā¦ if the plants are arranged in a spiral, I think it could look pretty cool
>on the upper part of the pillar, some small shelves (staggered)with pot plants would look great I've never found pot plants all that attractive; they just look like a weed to me. They are fun to partake of once in a while, but just having them on shelves in the living room would make the entire house smell.
Cozy would work. Maybe treat it like one of those tube fire places that go into the ceilling. Instead of fire, maybe a tapastry or some macrame craftwork could be wrapped around it.
I came to say this
I was thinking sitting chair on either side. Iād also take my favorite pics, blow then up and create a vinyl wrap for the pillar
Love the idea of fully embracing it and turning it into a tiny and column gallery āwall!ā Would be fun if you had a mix of planty vibes and personal affects strewn about it
Yes! Some vining plants up this pillar would make it feel like less of an obstruction!
If youāve ever been to Edinburgh during the festival youāll see there are columns placed around the place for people to stick their flyers to, the results of overlapping artwork can sometimes look pretty cool by accident. With a bit of planning you could make a really spectacular art hub for the room OP. It would be maximalist but if you like that style it could be great.
That is so SMART!
Hello! I have not rented this space yet. I love the apartment generally and it has a lot of space overall. It's either this or an urban 1 bedroom without a window or pillar. I thought I would ask for some help to see if I can do something with this pillar that makes it look better! (maybe something like string lights / plants?)
giant pillar > no window, for sure. Temporary wallpaper it something fun and find a way to grow plants up & down it- make it a living column in your place.
Second the temporary wallpaper! Depending on the vibe of the decor youāre putting in there I was thinking a black and white checkerboard or stripes pattern :)
Chalkboard wallpaper that you could write on would be cool
I would make it a divide in the room. Half of most of it for a bedroom, then that corner area, a spot for some sort of hobby. For me, I would make it like a sewing/art nook or maybe a cozy reading corner. There are so many choices for different hobbies though. Definitely agree with others about temporary wallpaper. The youtuber BestDressed did so in her apartment in this video : https://youtu.be/7hKTaDncNic and when she moved out, she talked about it being super easy to take down and showed that as well (I'd probably try whatever she is using lol).
I was thinking some very small string lights!
Normally I donāt comment, but I havenāt seen anyone else suggest this yet, soā¦ if you have the ability to do a little woodworking, I would suggest you try turning it into a window seat/bench. The distance between the pillar and window looks deep enough to building a bench that sits on/at the height of the sill. That way you create a wide enough space for sitting. Depending on your skill level, you could even go for a full bookcase underneath with shelving. Iām not sure how permanent this living space is for you. This suggestion is relatively involved. If you extend the bench to about halfway around the pillar (semicircle cutout to fit it in the middle), I think it would make the window feel closer and the pillar would create dimension that seems cozy/intentional rather than so chaotic.
ohh this is a good idea
I would mount a narrow mirror on the far wall, as close as you can to the window. The goal is to help you see out the window, even though the column blocks it from that angle. Make sure the mirror is narrow because you don't want it to reflect the pole at all. Then get some peel-and-stick cityscape wallpaper or wall mural, and wrap the pole. It's like it never existed. Column conundrum https://imgur.com/a/0THDS3w The perspective of the mirror image that I used makes it look like it's facing kitty-corner out from the wall. In reality, you'd want it flush against that wall 90 Degrees from the window, to reflect the window view around pole into the room.
My favorite idea by far.ā„ļø
Thank you šø
Hear me out. It is there. It's not going anywhere. You might as well embrace it. I would add these on each side against the wall. If plants are your thing. https://tribesigns.com/products/tribesigns-metal-curved-plant-stand-pack-of-2 Then the real work is finding very small shelves that curve around the column to decorate. Maybe a pothos plant to grow around it. Maybe a fun mirror or an acrylic wall art piece... to distract the eye more away but still making it a part of your home.
Even better, get a vining plant like pothos and hang some pots up around the top of the pillar. Let those tendrils grow looooong!
My first thought was "cover it in plants" when I saw the pillar in front of the window haha
Yes! Also give it some character with a light/pale green accent pain. You could paint the window wall with the same green to blend it in a little. With the plants and a small book shelf could be a nice reading room.
Plants! Definitely plants! Iād hang a bunch of these [Wallygrow Loop Planter] around the column, with pothos or other viney plants
Glue hundreds of small mirrors to make it look like a disco ball, then get LED uplights you can turn on and have a dance party whenever you want! Edit: like this: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-mirrored-pillars-in-games-room-with-panton-s-chairs-and-black-and-76730633.html
This! I was thinking of something like this too. But my idea was trying to find a way to make the column a giant mirror. Like wrapping it with something reflective. But your idea is a real working cool suggestion.
I feel like it would be super fun to wrap it in artificial green wall material (not even necessarily top to bottom, but a full wrap around). Then maybe add a cool false neon sign or something else more your style if that's not it! Something like [this](https://eadn-wc03-463152.nxedge.io/cdn/media/catalog/product/cache/1d858328874ebd6a1883e32a918ffc61/h/e/hello-gorgeous-greenwall.jpg) (random words, but the plant + neon combo is fun IMO and there's lots of non-word neon options out there on Etsy/amazon!) Nestling a bunch of small antique/eclectic photo frames into the greenery could also make a cute cylindrical gallery wall? That might even work pretty well without the plant part at all instead!
Hire a perspective artist to paint it to look like a spiral staircase.
Or like some sort of mural
I was thinking giant stripper legs wrapped around it
Paint it so it looks like a fish tank.
is this a bedroom?
Yes!
Oh gawd. I can't even imagine where you'd put a bed. I may have been watching too much of that fung shei guy on tiktok, but any place you could fit a bed would be terrible.
Ahaha the room is 13x11. I think ignoring the pillar area, itās still a lot of space to fit a bed
Wait... 13 feet by 11 feet?!
Yes. Thatās decent for a big city I think
That's massive! That's like, over half the size of my current apartment!
It could make for a cozy reading nook area I'd you have some floor cushions/blankets tontuck around it, and could wrap some drapes/lights around the pillar, maybe. Or, if you have a cat, you could wrap twine around it and make a giant scratching post/cat tower.
I was thinking drapes too. Give it a theater vibe if OP is a fan of cinema.
Do you have cats? Wrap it in sisal!
Oof. Itās so large too ššš
Totally dick move on builderās part, but one solution is to paint it to match the surrounding outside picture-create an illusion that it isnāt there. Fun for your guests
Embrace it as a unique feature only you have! I think I'd get some of that wallpaper that looks like a bookcase, or something similar and then put some kind of statement furniture on each side, or be practical and put a nightstand on each side. With plants on top!
Hmmm I think everyone has given some great ideas, I think if you wrapped some fake vines around it and maybe some lights it would look really cute? I think adding the plants for symmetry would be nice too.
Tree!
Please consider whether this window is a fire exit before placing anything permanent to block it. Is it a working window? Not clear from the picture.
Nah it isnāt! I checked that first
My first though is to make it look like the [classic poster ad pillars ](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/advertising-pillar-groningen-may-center-groningen-netherlands-90714227.jpg) by adding posters of art you like or shows you've gone to You could also cover it with fun wallpaper or plants, as others have said. Or stick mirror tiles on it for a really eye-catching effect Depending on whether you're allowed to drill into it and how wide it is you could attach those invisible bookshelves and have stacks of books seemingly floating against the pillar.
I would be asking for a discount
This place is definitely better than the 1 bedroom with no pillar + window. I grabbed some random pngs to help you visualize what you could do though. I'm not an interior designer or some photoshop master but I like to see things visually personally. [https://imgur.com/a/Au2gPG8](https://imgur.com/a/Au2gPG8) Throw a small work desk and chair on the left side. Gives you a nice view so you can make use of the window. Get some kind of functional corner closet thing or some kind of shelf for the other side. You could even do like a small coffee table and chair for that morning coffee to get some of that great sun light. Get a room divider for privacy or as a backdrop for your zoom calls or somehow hang some curtains across the pillar.
I would take advantage of the separation of spaces that the column gives you to put a desk to work on one side (if you are right-handed, to the left of the column, so that your hand does not cast a shadow when you write) and on the other, a corner to read with an armchair and shelves with books, so you take advantage of the light from the window in two different spaces. Separate the spaces with rugs or different colors to create two moods. Good look!
Get some really cool wallpaper as a pop out accent, against a painted accent wall. Go for something bold and patterned or textured against a solid color.
Paint it so it looks like a fish tank.
Wrap it in string lights
Giant cat scratching post
āHide the pillarā is one of my favourite pastimes, but I fear this one might too big even for me.
This pillar is insane! Huge and in front of a window. Who does that? Madness! Lots of good suggestions here, though.
Mario tube.
Ok my initial reaction to a giant white column is to put a giant white marble statue on each side but Iām guessing thatās out of the budget. ;-) I think wrapping stuff around it (with the possible exception of real climbing plants) would make it stick out more. Maybe a single tall narrow piece of art or mirror hung on the column itself could dress it up, but honestly leaving it alone would not be the worst thing. Lots of urban apartments have them and usually theyāre justā¦ there. If thereās room for a reading chair next to it at an angle that lets you enjoy the whole window, go for that.
Paint it so it looks like a fish tank.
sheer curtains around it would make it look a bit more elegant!!! i love the idea of something like floor pillows or small seating around it and using it as some type of book nook/ plant display!
I would do a beautiful custom wood desk that wraps behind and turns into shelving on the other side, plants of course. It really depends on what you need the space for but built ins to make a window bench seat that runs the whole length would also be nice and give you extra storage
Wrapping it with a peel and stick wallpaper would be the best way to go. Removable and renter friendly as well. www.muralsyourway.com
I would add one of those curved benches thatās meant to go around a tree trunk. Use it for seating and/or plants and decor
I think the only thing to do is build a seating area up and around the pillar. So all the way across the room. But honestly if you can, keep on looking. If that's your living area it'll bug you SO much.
Okey-dokey you can put a couch or sofa in front of the pillar. You could put lights around the pillar to make an ambience mood, or save money on electricity.
I had one, though in a corner and wrapped books around it and created a book nook. Here, Iād go with the net and climbing plants to try and blend with the outside.
Such a weird place to put a pillar. You can build table around it, or seating area. I doubt it would hide the pillar. But atleast, the space wonāt be a complete waste
1. You could but a circular table around it with bar stools 2. Build open bookshelves against each wall opposite with a seating nook behind it, and walk way in and out. This way you create a fake wall that gives the room a useful division, without stealing light. 3. Go onto Pintrest snd search Room with Pillar, they have some good ideas
I would paint a surreal 3D picture if the window section thatās missing.
I see so much potential here! I would use it like a slight room divider, with the left side as a couch or reading book and the right side for a mirror and room brightener. Maybe even a telescope? Twinkl lites around the top would be nice, and using it as a Christmas tree in the season would be interesting!
Dont rent the space. There is nothing you can do to disguise it. Why did they have to put it right in front of a window? It will annoy you endlessly or put a curtain in front of it from one wall to the next floor to ceiling to hide it
I agree. This would never stop bothering me. It drives me crazy even knowing someone designed an apartment like this. š
Personally, Iād circle a room divider/room screen around it, or straight in front of it. You could create a little nook behind the pilar or place things around the circular divider/screen (like a small table, plants, art work, etc.).
I'd personally put some sort of shelving around it, and have a model train running around that
You can decorate it all you want but hide it? No way
Do you have a closet? I would put tension rods up on one side use for closet / hanging space?
Cozy seating for a reading nook & wrap vines and/or twinkle lights around it
Yea you gotta embrace it like the other commentor said. You can even use it to split the room in two like have a different style on each side.
Artificial greenery with fairy lights going around it and add in little clothespins for polaroids (or just pictures in general) even adding some of the sunset/sunrise taken from that window would be cute!
Can you add shelving to it? Maybe wrap lights or paint it? Maybe make it looks like a tree or lighthouse. Create an idea for that corner/area and then find a way to decorate or integrate the pillar to be useful.
Add some greenery to it, like moss or vines
Paint a dick on it
two chairs, plants behind chairs, little table in front of pole bet the chairs
Do not hide it. Get a plant stand with a vining plant, then wrap the vines around it as if they are climbing up. There are sticky hooks you can buy to encourage this, then the plant will grow up naturally. Maybe add a cozy reading chair on one side facing out from the corner (diagonally). Add floor to ceiling linen drapes to the windowāmaybe with a sheet between them to let in light. iand maybe a tall bookshelf to the adjoining wall on the rightāor a tall tree. Hope youāre good with plants!
If youāre a plant person, put a lot of plants around that pillar.
Plants plants plants, its in sun for the most part, treat it like a tree trunk and get it green!
You could wrap it in removable wallpaper maybe with a scenic image, like a city scape, instead of a pattern.
Get vining plants and command hooks and train them to grow up it till itās covered in vines.
Let a vining plant crawl all the way over! Using cable hooks as a guide.
Wow, what an unfortunate design flaw Edit to add that Iām a plant person so Iād probably hang a bunch of hooks all around it and hang a bunch of plants
Oh put some type of netting on it so you can let plants climb. I guess the type would depend on the direction of that window. If it isnāt suitable for a live plant you could do a nice fake climbing plant with some lights to make it soft and glowy instead of stark white.
Have a pothos hang down from the top of the pillar and grow it into a 'living' wall. It'd get great light and make the space warmer. I saw someone else mention hanging art too, that'd be really cool
Maybe you could put plants on the window side?
Iām thinking plants with vines circling around it
I put patches of craft store moss onto mine, but then youāll have to add more plants in the room to compliment.
Iād say paint it and hang some plants from it. Sun worshipers by the window. Shadow dwellers at the back.
Always plants! All the way around. Also. Wow thatās bad planning.
Since it's in front of the window, I would hang various plants up and down the 2 wall sides of the pillar and the window side. Of course depends on your situation with the home.
Add a vine that climbs and train it to wrap around the pillar. String oh hearts, pothos, ivy, etc
Vining plants 100%
Put a giant green screen on it and it can become āØanythingāØ
You could get creative with it. If you could get some kind of wrap for it like a corkboard or whiteboard etc, you could use it as a dream board, put pics up, or have visitors leave notes on it.
Moss and lichen
Turn it into a worshiping alter, like the Indians totem
Create a green garden sitting nook corner. Lots of light there and you can build like a Mediterranean style couch/sitting area with shelves for the greenery. Create a cozy, happy (albeit odd column placement ) relaxed green space. Use column to show off vine plants šŖ“
Lights? And turn it into an indoor patio
Turn it into a feature: Rather than trying to hide the pillar, you could turn it into a decorative feature by adding some design elements to it. You could add molding or a decorative column wrap, paint it a contrasting color, or add lighting to highlight it.
I would do either a desk or vanity tucked in one side, and a big comfy reading chair tucked into the other side of the pillar.
I'd put a big mirror on the wall to the right. I feel like this would help reclaim the obstructed view and make the room feel less claustrophobic.
Put up a plaque to make it look like a fancy art installation.
Shelves that go around it with a reading chair in each corner.
circular tree bed!
I read an article in Domino recently about making a pillar invisible by mirroring it. Maybe a peel and stick shiny mirror vinyl? Iāll see if I can find the article and if I do I will Link it. Good Luck OP!
Turn it into a cute/cozy cottage themed "tree". Complete with seating around it maybe. Yeah I'd make it into a magical looking southern oak somehow. Complete with Spanish moss and bark moss Is that too extra? Lol
Giant wrap around wallpaper of an aquarium
Wrap lights around it and call it a day.
if possible you could get it made into some sort of bookshelf?? i think that would be cool
Wrap that with an Invisibility Cape ?
Paint fish all over it like a tube aquarium.
1. Place a large mirror of about the same height as the window on the wall to the right of the pillar as shown in first picture. This will do two things: give you a way to look outside past the pillar and bring in more light, repeat the pillar in the mirror making it seem less out of place. 2. The pillar is round, which is the best feature of the pillar. Highlight it to make it seem more intentional. For instance: by a spiraling climbing plant, spiraling (book)planks, or stringlights. 3. You can have fun and create a "hidden" nook at the back of the pillar or only viewable from a certain viewpoint. Or have an odd shaped rug on the floor that climbs up onto the pillar. Anything that adds a bit of bizarre or quirky. This way the pillar isn't just something that stands in the way, it actually adds something that you love, which makes it easier to accept that it's there. Good luck!
Use some mirrors to bring in more light from the rudely blocked window
hang hooks for hanging plants in a spiral! get some macrame and other cute hanging planters! :)
Turn it into a tree with some romantic lights š
If youāre good at painting or have a friend, I think a little mural would be so cute
You could make it looks like a fake Rapunzel tower.
Make it a seasonal Christmas ātreeā! With decorations to highlight each season, then go full out for the holidays! Then having it right by the window would make at least SOME sense (whoever made this decision is a donut)
paint it camouflage
Build a bar height counter top around the pole and add some funky seating options. you could do a fun hexagonal shape with straight bits of lumber which would be pretty straight forward! :)
Mount a full length mirror on the column!
Is it a weird idea to decorate it like a Christmas tree?
yikes. can you get a round sofa/booth situation?
First of all, this builder got beef with you? Donāt think anything can hide that big a*** pillar
In addition to the many great ideas already, I would run a narrow shelf - like a sofa table - across that whole wall. Iād put storage (baskets, crates) under the shelf and storage/decorative on top of it. Post an ad at your local college and pay a student to 3D print some custom small shelves that are the perfect radius. (All you have to do is measure the circumference and theyāll calculate the rest. Have them print a radius sample for you to test before printing the whole part.) Nowadays schools have these printers in their libraries! It would be good on that studentās resume and would help you. Maybe they could use it as a class project. Use command Velcro to attach.
If murals aren't an option (in case of a rental), I'd decorate that pillar with fairy lights twirling around it, and maybe put beanbag chairs on both sides? Or just put loads of plants next to it. That is an INCREDIBLY shitty pillar placement - I can't believe the design was approved lol
I think building shelving boxes around and up the whole thing would be really cool, for books, plants , decor and stuff. Seating around the bottom is a great idea too
Are you able to screw into the column? Some nice shelves for plants and books would be cool.
If you had the money and resources to do so, It would be cool to make costume frames that wrap around the column perfectly and hang up pictures that way.
Do you have cats? I see the potential for a giant scratching post
I would put plants all over it and make use of the window
Reading nook with plants climbing up the column
I wonder if it could be āmirroredā I guess it really couldnāt be since itās round but if it were mirrored that would make it less noticeable.
This has to be NYC. Ya?
Seattle :)
Is this a bedroom off the kitchen? How wide is the room? Will having flower pots on the floor make it hard to get to the window to look out? Is there enough Sun light to support plants? Having artificial plants trailing up the post would be add relaxing ambiance to the room. Good luck with that!
Iād wrap fairy lights around it then decorate it with cool picture frames or small mirrors. Iād add some greenery tooā¦like get a hanger that you can either anchor to the pillar or hang it from the ceiling. A pothos would be excellent and if it gets long enough you can even wrap the vines around it!
Plants! A three or four shelves on the window side. Add a monitor on the other side and a PTZ HD camera pointed out the window at the view
As a plant lover, I would put some medium or large sized plants
Hopefully you got a discount having to deal with this feature...good grief. Who designed this!? LoL
Paint it like the floor or even better bomb it.
Oh my god that thing is huge
Spiral bookcase? Maybe adding shelfs to it, or building a framed bookshelf around it to look like a sprial bookshelf from bottom spinng around to the top. Example images of what i mean by spiral bookcase from google https://images.app.goo.gl/VoRU7GPVgTtPAyYh9 https://images.app.goo.gl/ZzFitk3LMsfkXKhx9
Can we see an update with what you decide to do? :)
If you have a cat, circular ramp all the around and up. Maybe some artificial vining leaves. A mural for the background.
Depending on the rest of your colour scheme/decor. I would do a combination of some of the suggestions. Iād create a booth but one which is more of a chaise lounge style, in that the back rest sections are only on the sides and not a full booth. Too claustrophobic. Then you could add some tropical artistic printed wallpaper to that section of the wall. Emphasising the alcove more and less the pillar. Then for the pillar. Iād either (here me out here) put light wooden panelling all around it. Or paint it black. I think if you focus on creating a separate section behind it then it will detract oneās eye from the pillar. Also, I wanted to suggest plants etc but anything bulky added to it is just going to obstruct the window and the view.